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Auction History Result 6b004 STARS OF METRO GOLDWYN MAYER signed 24x30 commercial poster 1978 by TWENTY THREE MGM stars! Date Sold 5/14/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded 1978 Autographed Commercial Poster (made to be sold directly to the public; measures 24" x 30" [61 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) The Stars of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, the late 1970s commercial poster featuring a close-up of the classic MGM logo against a red background with the signatures of MGM stars. Not all of the stars signed every poster but the stars included: June Allyson, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Cyd Charisse, Jackie Cooper, James Craig, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Irene Dunne, Kathryn Grayson, Virginia Grey, Van Johnson, Fernando Lamas, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Tony Martin, Vincente Minnelli, Margaret O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, Joe Pasternak, Eleanor Powell, Ann Rutherford and Esther Williams. Note that this was published by The Nostalgia Merchant, which was a company owned by Snuff Garrett. He worked in the movies, and he was a poster/lobby card collector, and he thought there would be a market for posters signed by a number of then-living stars. This is one of several different posters he created, and of course, in this case, he rounded up classic MGM stars, and arranged for each of them to sign a number of these posters, which he then marketed to collectors (and there were actually several different editions of this "The Stars of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" poster, done over a few year period, with different stars signing each different edition). There were also several other posters he produced, each one devoted to a different theme, and each one was signed by a number of actors related to that theme. We have heard from a knowledgeable source that it took over a year to complete all of the signatures for the posters. Employees of Nostalgia Merchant/Snuff Garrett would often travel to the stars homes or their offices, or the stars would come to Hollywood to sign. To sign all prints in the series took each star approximately 5 to 6 hours! Of course, in recent years, we have seen many posters signed by large numbers of celebrities appear on eBay, and the vast majority of them are completely fake, but this poster is 100% authentic! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster was actually signed TWENTY FOUR times, but by twenty three people! What happened is that each of these people visited where the posters were created (or the creators visited the people), and they then hand signed all the posters (sometimes splitting it up over several times). In the case of this one poster, Joe Pasternak was apparently "punchy" after signing so many posters, and he accidentally signed this one twice, both in the lower left and lower right! So this poster comes with a "bonus" 24th signature! Note that this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by the following people: Van Johnson, Ann Rutherford, Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor, Donald O'Connor, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson, Joe Pasternak, Lew Ayres, Tom Drake, Eleanor Powell, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Cyd Charisse, Fernando Lamas, Esther Williams, Virginia Grey, Vincente Minnelli, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Tony Martin, AND Irene Dunne! Note that the item comes with a "certificate of authenticity" from The Nostalgia Merchant (but please know that the person who created the certificate was doing so in a hurry, and they only listed 22 people, leaving out Jackie Cooper, who DID sign). We are 100% certain the autographs on this poster are authentic, because we remember when these posters were created in the 1970s, and there were several of them made in the late 1970s by Nostalgia Merchant, and they were all done completely legitimately! As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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